/*
*    Qizx/open 3.0 beta
*
* This code is the open-source version of Qizx.
* Copyright (C) 2004-2009 Axyana Software -- All rights reserved.
*
* The contents of this file are subject to the Mozilla Public License 
*  Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in 
*  compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
*  http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/
*
* Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
*  WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
*  for the specific language governing rights and limitations under the
*  License.
*
* The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Xavier Franc - Axyana Software.
*
*/
using System;
namespace System.Qizx.Api.FullText
{
	
	/// <summary> Produces a stem from a word.
	/// <p>
	/// An implementation is likely to be language-specific.
	/// </summary>
	public interface Stemmer
	{
		/// <summary> Computes a stem from a word token.</summary>
		/// <param name="token">word to be stemmed
		/// </param>
		/// <returns> a character array representing the stem, or the input token
		/// itself if it cannot be stemmed.
		/// </returns>
		char[] stem(char[] token);
	}
}